A controlled comparison of 25 cases of neurodermatitis with 25 cases of scabies indicated the heavy loading of psychosocial pathology in the neurodermatitis group. Implications of the childhood anamnesis, and findings of different psychometric tests are discussed.

BACKGROUND Neurodermatitis is a common chronic skin disease. Although not life-threatening, it can produce an important psychosocial burden, sleep disturbance and sexual dysfunction. Patients with neurodermatitis tend to have poor social skills or interpersonal resources and a lack of flexibility. However quality of life (QoL) of patients with neurodermatitis has seldom investigated. The object...

BACKGROUND The Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) is the most widely used measure of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) associated with skin disease. Recently, the psychometric properties of the DLQI have caused some controversy because the instrument appears not to meet the requirements of modern test theory. The purpose of this study was to assess whether these psychometric issues also...

A long-term review of 108 women suffering from various forms of vulval dermatosis is described and a detailed analysis of those with chronic hypertrophic vulvitis, lichen sclerosus et atrophicus, and neurodermatitis is made. One case of neurodermatitis and two cases of lichen sclerosus progressed to carcinoma but no case of chronic hypertrophic vulvitis became malignant. It is possible that vul...

Neurodermatitis atau lichen simpleks kronikus didefinisikan sebagai bentuk umum dari neurodermatitis kronis yang muncul area kulit kering dan tidak merata bersisik tebal. Swamedikasi merupakan usaha seseorang dalam menolong dirinya sendiri berupa mengobati sendiri. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan tingkat pengetahuan dengan swamedikasi penyakit pada pekerja proyek di PT. Boyan...

Autoerythrocyte sensitization syndrome (AES) is a disorder characterized by recurrent, spontaneous, painful bruising in patients with underlying psychosis and neurosis. Its pathogenesis is uncertain. Purpuric lesions reproduced by injections of washed autologous erythrocytes suggest an autoimmune etiology. The authors described a 50-year-old woman who presented with recurrent episodes of painfu...

patients and myself suggest that mebrophenhydramine is superior to others currently available. This is based on the speed and completeness of response in a large proportion of allergic patients, the scope of the conditions satisfactorily treated and the small incidence of side effects. The results obtained in the four patients with neurodermatitis warrants a fuller investigation of the treatmen...